Amid cancer treatment, Pakaluk tended to her family while continuing her parish ministry and pro-life activism. She died Sept. 23, 1998.
As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, Catholics have long contributed to the nation’s civic and spiritual life, the nuncio to the U.S. said.
“St. Gregory doesn’t belong only to Armenians. He belongs to every Catholic and, in a real sense, to every Christian.”
